'VIRGINIA WOOLF' Wins Best Revival of a Playby BWW News Desk - Jun 9, 2013The critically-acclaimed 50th anniversary Broadway revival of Edward Albee's Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? has won the 2013 Tony Award for Best Revival of a Play. (more...)
'WOOLF's Pam MacKinnon Wins Best Direction, Playby BWW News Desk - Jun 9, 2013Pam MacKinnon has won the 2013 Tony Award for Best Direction of a Play for WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF? (more...)
Marin Ireland and More Join CTG's A PARALLELOGRAM; Full Cast Announced!by BWW News Desk - Jun 7, 2013The cast is set for 'A Parallelogram,' the riveting new play by Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winner Bruce Norris. Directed by Tony Award-winner Anna D. Shapiro, 'A Parallelogram' will be presented at the Taper, July 10 through August 18, 2013. The opening is scheduled for July 21. The cast includes Carlo Alban, Marylouise Burke, Marin Ireland and Tom Irwin. (more...)
Photo Flash: First Look at Ansa Akyea, Emily Gunyou Halaas and More in Guthrie's CLYBOURNE PARKby BWW News Desk - Jun 17, 2013The Guthrie Theater presents its production of 2011 Pulitzer Prize and 2012 Tony Award winner Clybourne Park by Bruce Norris, the biting, powerhouse contemporary satire about race and gentrification during the past half century in America. Written in response to Lorraine Hansberry's classic A Raisin in the Sun, Clybourne Park has sparked conversation and dialogue across America wherever it has played. Lisa Peterson (Guthrie: Major Barbara, Oedipus) returns to direct another great, biting American story at the Guthrie after last year's lauded production of Tennessee Williams' Cat on a Hot Tin Roof. BroadwayWorld has a first look at the production photos below. (more...)
Circa Theatre to Present RED, 7/13-8/10by BWW News Desk - Jun 17, 2013Award-winning American Screenwriter and Film Producer John Logan (Hugo, Skyfall, The Aviator) brings us this remarkably written script RED: Winner of the 2010 Tony Award for Best Play. This Wellington Premiere, Directed and Designed by Andrew Foster (Black Confetti, West End Girls) is an intimate insight into the art and mind of 20th Century abstract expressionist painter Mark Rothko, performed by iconic Actor John Bach (Lord Of The Rings, Duggan). Set in 1958 in his New York studio, Red reveals the complexities of Rothko's block-colour canvases and life-long search for meaning, as his expressionism is challenged by commercialism. Canvases and characters are stretched; paints and power are tested; and brushes and egos are fearlessly played in this two-man show. (more...)
Harris Yulin, Candy Buckley & More Set for Chautauqua Theater Company's 30th Anniversary Seasonby BWW News Desk - Jun 17, 2013Chautauqua Theater Company (CTC), under the leadership of Vivienne Benesch Artistic Director and Sarah Clare Corporandy Managing Director, is proud to announce casting for its 30th Anniversary season featuring Tennessee Williams' Cat on a Hot Tin Roof(June 28-July 7), the Pulitzer and Tony-winning Clybourne Park (July 19-28), Shakespeare's The Comedy of Errors (August 9-16) all on the Bratton Theater Mainstage, in addition to The Romeo & Juliet Project (July 27) in the renowned 5,000-seat Chautauqua Amphitheater. (more...)
BWW Reviews: Guthrie's CLYBOURNE PARK Reveals How Little/Much Has Changed in 50 Yearsby Kristen Hirsch Montag - Jun 17, 2013Guthrie Theater's summer proscenium production shows how much has changed and how much as stayed the same in the 50 years between acts 1 and 2. (more...)
Mary Testa to Star in Asolo Rep's THE BRILLIANT DIVORCE, 6/26-7/14by BWW News Desk - Jun 17, 2013Is laughter really the best medicine? The popular adage is put to the test in this hysterically funny, one-woman tour de force about picking up the pieces of a broken heart and beginning life again, My Brilliant Divorce. In its only second major American regional production, Asolo Rep's Producing Artistic Director Michael Donald Edwards directs celebrated Broadway star Mary Testa, a two-time Tony Award nominee, as Angela, the 40-something housewife blindsided by her philandering husband's desertion in Aron's engaging, mid-life crisis comedy. (more...)
BWW TV Exclusive: Talking to the 2013 Tony Winners - Pam MacKinnonby BroadwayWorld TV - Jun 17, 2013BroadwayWorld.com's Richie Ridge sat with all of the 2013 Tony Winners right after they came off stage from their big wins. The winners were filled with joy, memories and excitement and we've got it ALL! Here's WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF?s Pam MacKinnon who won for Best Direction of a Play. (more...)
BWW Reviews: KickstArt Gets Clever and Kinky with VENUS IN FURby David Fick - Jun 16, 2013In Christopher Hampton's LES LIAISONS DANGEREUSES, Rosamonde says 'The only thing which might surprise one is how little the world changes.' This is certainly one thought that comes to mind upon viewing David Ives's VENUS IN FUR. (more...)
Dan Clegg & Rebekah Brockman to Lead California Shakespeare Theater's ROMEO & JULIET; Full Cast Announced!by BWW News Desk - Jun 14, 2013California Shakespeare Theater continues its 2013 season with a theatrically inventive production of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, directed byShana Cooper (2011's Taming of the Shrew) playing at the Bruns Amphitheater July 3-28. (more...)
CHIMERICA Transfers to the Harold Pinter Theatre, August 6by BWW News Desk - Jun 14, 2013The Headlong and Almeida Theatre's five star sold-out co-production of Lucy Kirkwood's new play Chimericawill transfer to the Harold Pinter Theatre on 6 August for a strictly limited 11 week run with booking to 19 October 2013. Directed by Lyndsey Turner, Chimerica received its world premiere last month at the Almeida Theatre where it has subsequently been acclaimed by critics and audiences alike. Set designs are by Es Devlin with costumes by Christina Cunningham, lighting by Tim Lutkin, sound by Carolyn Downing and video design by Finn Ross. Chimerica will be produced in the West End by Sonia Friedman Productions, Bob Bartner/Norman Tulchinand Jean Doumanian. (more...)
Official: Joe Manganiello to Lead Yale Rep's A STREETCAR NAMED DESIREby BWW News Desk - Jun 14, 2013YALE REPERTORY THEATRE (James Bundy, Artistic Director; Victoria Nolan, Managing Director) has announced that Rene Augesen will play Blanche DuBois and Joe Manganiello will play Stanley Kowalski in its first-ever production of A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE, the Pulitzer Prize winning masterpiece by Tennessee Williams. Directed by Mark Rucker, the production, which will open Yale Rep's 2013-14 season, will play September 20-October 12, at the University Theatre (222 York Street). (more...)
Photo Flash: Tom Irwin, Marin Ireland, Bruce Norris and More in Rehearsal for CTG's A PARALLELOGRAMby BWW News Desk - Jun 14, 2013Rehearsals have started for 'A Parallelogram,' the riveting new play by Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winner Bruce Norris. Directed by Tony Award-winner Anna D. Shapiro, 'A Parallelogram' will be presented at the Taper, July 10 through August 18, 2013. The opening is scheduled for July 21. BroadwayWorld has a sneak peek at the cast and creative team in rehearsal below! (more...)
5 LESBIANS EATING A QUICHE to Return for Gay Pride, 6/27-29; Set for Open-Ended Run at Snapple Center, Beg. 7/19by BWW News Desk - Jun 13, 2013Returning after extended runs at the New York International Fringe Festival Encore Series and Off Broadway's SoHo Playhouse, The New Colony's award-winning 5 LESBIANS EATING A QUICHE will play the Snapple Theater Center's Anne L. Bernstein Theater (210 West 50th Street at the corner of Broadway, New York City). The play returns for a special three performance Pride Weekend engagement June 27 to June 29, 2013. (more...)
Lincoln Center Announces 2013-14 Shows; Ethan Hawke in MACBETH, Laurie Metcalf in DOMESTICATED & James Lapine-Helmed ACT ONEby BWW News Desk - Jun 13, 2013Lincoln Center Theater has announced four productions to be produced in the Vivian Beaumont and Mitzi E. Newhouse Theaters during the 2013-2014 season: the world premiere ofDomesticated, a new play by Bruce Norris, featuring Laurie Metcalf, directed by Anna D. Shapiro beginning performances Thursday, October 10 in the Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater; a new production of Shakespeare's Macbeth, featuring Ethan Hawke in the title role, directed by Jack O'Brien, beginning performances Thursday, October 24 in the Vivian Beaumont Theater; Act One, adapted and directed by James Lapine from the autobiography by Moss Hart, beginning performances Thursday, March 20 in the Beaumont; and the world premiere of The City of Conversation, a new play by Anthony Giardina, directed by Doug Hughes, beginning performances Thursday, April 10 in the Newhouse. In addition to these four productions, LCT3, Lincoln Center Theater's initiative to produce the work of new artists and to engage new audiences, will produce a season of three plays, to be announced, in the Claire Tow Theater. (more...)
Jeremy Shamos Joins Colin Firth & Emma Stone in Untitled Woody Allen Filmby BWW News Desk - Jun 12, 2013Jeremy Shamos, the Tony nominated actor for Clybourne Park, will be joining the previously announced Colin Firth and Emma Stone for Woody Allen's new film. Shamos is currently starring in the Tony nominated Best Play "The Assembled Parties" on Broadway, but will be leaving to film in the south of France starting mid July. (more...)
TIME STANDS STILL and CLYBOURNE PARK Set for Ophelia's Jump, Summer 2013by BWW News Desk - Jun 11, 2013Continuing their successful 2013 Season, Ophelia's Jump Productions is honored to present two acclaimed plays this summer that break that will challenge, entertain and allow local audiences to experience these groundbreaking works in local settings. For the first time in the area, local audiences will have the opportunity to enjoy these recent and acclaimed award-winning plays by one of Southern California's newest and acclaimed theatre companies. (more...)
rogerandtom to Begin Previews at HERE, 7/6by BWW News Desk - Jun 11, 2013Julien Schwab's critically acclaimed, mind-bending comedy rogerandtom will move to the Main Stage at the HERE (145 Sixth Avenue, enter on Dominick) for an extended summer engagement beginning Saturday, July 6th. Presented by Personal Space Theatrics, rogerandtom is set to open Saturday, July 13th and will continue for a limited run through Saturday, August 24th. The play is directed by Nicholas Cotz, the company's artistic director. For tickets and more information visit www.here.org or call 212-352-3101. (more...)
Original Cast Member Jenny Bacon Returns to ASHER LEV Tonightby BWW News Desk - Jun 10, 2013She's come home! Jenny Bacon who received unanimous acclaim for her role in the long-running hit play My Name Is Asher Lev returns to the Westside Theatre beginning tonight. (more...)
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